Mobile payments coming to Mexico
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Aug 29th 2008 8:56PM
posted Aug 29th 2008 8:56PM
Like Canada, Mexico's getting mobile payments, too, but these are just a bit different in two very important respects. One, this is a full-fledged service being underwritten by Telefonica, Iusacell, Citibank, and BBVA -- not just a trial. Two, unlike the NFC-based Canadian system, this one will rely on text messages to get the cash flowing. The service is expected to launch in the next few months and get backing from restaurants, stores, and taxis, all places where we can recall specific times when we would've rather kept our wallets in our pockets when the time came to pony up. Of course, considering how miserably unsuccessful mobile payments have been across North America so far (we've still got our fingers crossed that NFC is going to take off one of these days), this one could die off as quickly as it started unless it catches a break and goes big.
there is an extra apostrophe in the first sentence.
Whoopsie... thanks!
There was an overhped cellphone/mediaplayer/streamer(\ /+) looking just like this guy, that appeared to be more revolutionary then the iPhone. Anyone remember the name of the device?
dammit...my regex sucks
cellphone/mediaplayer/streamer(\ /\w\/)+
Anyways, it was some polymorphic phone that seemed to be the end all to portal devices.
Hey Chris...do you know if this will basically function like the PayPal mobile payment model?